Photoplay (Jul - Dec 1934)

Casts of Current Photoplays Complete for every picture reviewed in this issue "BRIDE OF THE LAKE, THE'— Amer-Anglo Prod. — From the story by Dion Boucicault. Directed by Maurice Elvey. The cast: Eileen O'Connor, Gino Malo; Sir Patrick Creegan, John Garrick; Father O'Flynn, Stanley Holloway; Danny Mann, D. J. Williams; Sir James Corrigan, Stanley Perrins; Mrs. O'Connor, Sara Allgood; Miles-na-Copaleen, Dennis Hoey; Norah Creegan, Dorothy Boyd; Shan, Hughes Macklin; Tim, John Mortimer. "BY YOUR LEAVE"— RKORadio.— From the play by Gladys Hurlbut and Emma Wells. Directed by Lloyd Corrigan. The cast: Henry Smith, Frank Morgan; F-llen Smith, Genevieve Tobin; Skeels, Gene Lockhart; Whiffen, Margaret Hamilton; David Mackenzie, Neil Hamilton; Frances Gretchell, Betty Grable; Freddy Clark, Glenn Anders; Andree, Marian Nixon; Florence Purcell, Lona Andre; Leonard Purcell, Charles Ray; Gloria Dawn, Addie McPhail; Merlee, Shirley Chambers; Laura, Lenita Lane. "CHARLIECHAN IN LONDON"— Fox.— From the story by Earl Derr Biggers. Screen play by Philip MacDonald. Directed by Eugene Forde. The cast: Inspector Charlie Chan, Warner Oland; Pamela Gray, Drue Leyton; Neil Howard, Raymond Milland; Lady Mary Bristol, Mona Barrie; Geoffrey Richmond, Alan Mowbray; Phillips, Murray Kinnell; Hugh Gray, Douglas Walton; Jerry Gorton, Walter Johnson; Detective Sergeant Thacker, E. E. Clive; Major Jardine, George Barraud; Mrs. Pother gill. Madge Bellamy; Home Secretary, David Torrence; Lake, John Rogers; Bunny Fothergill, Paul England; Alice Rooney, Elsa Buchanan; Kemp, Perry Ivins. "CHU CHIN CHOW"— Fox-Gaumont-Britisii. — Screen play by Edward Knoblock. Directed by Walter Forde. The cast: Ali Baba, George Robey; Abu Hasan, Fritz Kortner; Zahral, Anna May Wong; Nur-al-din, John Garrick; Marjanah, Pearl Argyle; Abdullah, Jetsam; Rakham, Denis Hoey; Mahbubah, Sydney Fairbrother; Kasim Baba, Laurence Hanray; Mustafa, Frank Cochrane; Alcolom, Thelma Tuson; Entertainer at Feast, Kyoshi Takase. "CRIMSON ROMANCE"— Mascot.— From the story by Al Martin and Sherman Lowe. Screen play by Milton Krims. Directed by Dave Howard. The cast: Bob Wilson, Ben Lyon; Alida Hoffman, Sari Maritza; Wolters, Eric Von Strdheim; Fred Von Bergen, James Bush; Adolph, William Bakewell; Hugo, Hardie Albright; IJimmelbaum, Herman Bing; Mama Von Bergen, Bodil Rosing; The Courier, Vincent Barnett; Baron Von Eisenlohr, Arthur Clayton; John Fleming, Oscar Apfel; Franklyn Pierce, Purnell Pratt; Pierre, Jason Robards; Von Gering, William Von Brincken. "DANGEROUS CORNER "— RKO-Radio.— From the screen play by Anne Morrison Chapin and Madeleine Ruthven. Directed by Phil Rosen. The cast: Olwen, Virginia Bruce, Robert Chalfield, Conrad Nagel; Charles Stanton, Melvyn Douglas; Freda Chatfield, Ian Keith; Belly Whitehouse, Betty Furness; Gordon Whiielwuse, Henry Wadsworth; Miss Mockridge, Doris Lloyd. "DUDE RANGER, THE"— Fox.— From the story by Zane Grey. Adapted by Barry Barringer. Directed by Edward F. Cline. The cast: Ernest Selby, George O'Brien; Ann Hepburn, Irene Hervey; Dale Hyslip, Leroy Mason; Sam Hepburn, Henry Hall; Hawk Seibert, James Mason; Nebraski Kemp, Sid Saylor; Dunk, Sid Jordan; Martha, Alma Chester; Beckell, Lloyd Ingraham. "GAYDIVORCEE.THE"— RKO-Radio— From the play "The Gay Divorce" by Dwight Taylor. Adapted by George Marion, Jr. Directed by Mark Sandrich. The cast: Mimi, Ginger Rogers; Guy Holden, Fred Astaire; Hot tense, Alice Brady; Egbert Fitzgerald, Edward Everett Horton; Tonelli, Erik Rhodes; Waiter, Eric Blore; Rupert Glossop, William Austin. "GIFT OF GAB"— Universal.— From the story by Jerry Wald and Phil G. Epstein. Adapted by Lou Breslow. Directed by Karl Freund. The cast: Gahney, Edmund Lowe; Barbara, Gloria Stuart; Singer, Ruth Etting; Absent-minded doctor, Phil Baker; Margol, Alice White; Colonel Trivers, Victor Moore; Palsy, Hugh O'Connell; Nurse, Helen Vinson; Radio Artist, Gene Austin; Radio Announcer, Tom Hanlon; Janitor, Henry Armetta; Mac, Douglas Fowley; Sound Man, Sterling Holloway; Cabaret Singer, Wini Shaw; Telephone Girl, Marion Byron; Pints, Sid Walker; Mints, Skins Miller; Blintz, Jack Harling also Ethel Waters, The Three Stooges, Binnie Barnes, Roger Pryor, Beale Street Boys, Graham McNamee, Candy and Coco, Gus Arnheim, Downey Sisters, Sidney Skolsky, Marcia Remy, Rian James, Chester Morris, Paul Lukas, Boris Karloff, June Knight, Lowell Sherman, Jane Wyatt, Bela Lugosi and Alexander Woollcott. "HAPPINESS AHEAD"— First National — From the story by Harry Sauber. Screen play by Harry Sauber and Brian Marlow. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The cast: Bob Lane, Dick Powell; Joan Bradford, Josephine Hutchinson; Henry Bradford, John Halliday; Josie, Dorothy Dare; Tom Bradley, Frank McHugh; Chuck, Allen Jenkins; Anna, Ruth Donnelly; Mrs. Bradford, Marjorie Gateson; Meehan, Russell Hicks; Comedienne, Mary Louise Treen; Boss of window washers, J. M. Kerrigan; Girl, Mary Russell; Travis, Gavin Gordon; Mrs, Travis, Mary Forbes. "JUDGE PRIEST"— Fox.— Based on the "Judge Priest" stories by Irvin S. Cobb. Screen play by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. Directed by John Ford. The cast: Judge Priest, Will Rogers; Jerome Priest, Tom Brown; Ellie May Gillespie, Anita Louise; Rev. Ashby Brand, Henry B. Walthall; Bob Gillie, David Landau; Virginia Maydcw, Rochelle Hudson; Billy Gaynor, Roger Imhof; Flem Talley, Frank Melton; Sergeant Jimmy Baghy, Charley Grapewin; Senator Horace Maydew, Berton Churchill; Mrs. Caroline Priest, Brenda Fowler; Juror No. 12, Francis Ford; Aunt Dilsey, Hattie McDaniels; Jeff Poindexler, Stepin Fetchit. "LADY BY CHOICE"— Columbia— From the story by Dwight Taylor. Screen play by Jo Swerling. Directed by David Burton. The cast: Alabam Lee, Carole Lombard; Patricia Patterson, May Robson; Johnny Mills, Roger Pryor; Judge Daly, Walter Connolly; Kendall, Arthur Hohl; Front O'Malley, Raymond Walburn; Brannigan, James Burke; Lucrelia, Mariska Aldrich; Walsh, John Boyle; Opper, Henry Kolker; Miss Kingsley, Lillian Harmer; Louie, Abe Denovitch; Mose, Snowflake. "LAST WILDERNESS, THE"— Jerry Fairbanks Prod. — Dialogue by Gayne Whitman. Photography by Ned Frost. The cast: Howard Hill. "LEMON DROP KID, THE"— Paramount.— From the story by Damon Runyon. Screen play by Howard Green and J. P. McEvoy. Directed by Marshall Neilan. The cast: Wally Brooks, Lee Tracy; Alice Deering, Helen Mack; The Professor. William Frawley; Maizie, Minna Gombell; Kid's Baby, Baby LeRoy; Mr. Griggsby. Robert McWade; Jonas Deering, Henry B. Walthall; Martin Potter, Clarence H. Wilson; Warden, Charles Wilson; Cora, Kitty Kelly; Doctor, Edward J. LeSaint; Sheriff, Robert Homans; Griggsby' s Secretary, Grace Goodall; Police Captain, William Davidson; Judge, Del Henderson; Timothy, Edward Gargan; 1st Tramp, James Burke; 2nd Tramp Jules Cowles; 3rd Tramp, C. L. Sherwood; 1st Jenkins Twiti, Bee McCune; 2nd Jenkins Twin, Jean McCune; The Darkey, Sam McDaniels; 1st Mug, Tammany Young; 2nd Mug, Al Hill; Old Woman, Tempe Pigott; 1st Road Cop, Charles McEvoy; 2nd Road Cop, Edwin Baker; Tout, Walter McGrail; 1st Policeman, Lee Shumway; 2nd Policeman, Stanley Blystone; Banjo Player, Eddie Peabody; Fat Man al Parly, Marshall Ruth. "LOVE TIME"— Fox.— Based on the story by Richard Carroll. Adapted by Lynn Starling and Sally Sandlin. Directed by James Tinling. The cast: Valerie, Pat Paterson; Franz Schubert, Nils Asther; Caesar, Herbert Mundin; Adam, Harry Green; Duke Johann von Hatzfeld, Henry B. Walthall; Willie Obenbiegler, Lucien Littlefield; Emperor Francis 1st, Henry Kolker; Nicholas, Albert Conti; Islvan, Herman Bing; Innkeeper, Roger Imhof; Benjamin, James Burke; Mrs. Obenbiegler, Josephine Whittell; Sergeant, Earle Foxe; Countess Bertaud, Georgia Caine; Lieutenant Friedrich, Paul England; Charlotte, Mary Blackford. "MENACE" — Paramount. — From the story by Philip MacDonald. Screen play by Anthony Veiller. Directed by Ralph Murphy. The cast: Helen Chalmers, Gertrude Michael; Colonel Crecy, Paul Cavanagh; Mrs. Thornton, Henrietta Crosman; Ronald Cavendish, John Lodge; Andrew Forsythe, Robert Allen; Freddie Bastion, Raymond Milland; Norman Bellamy, Berton Churchill; Underwood, Des mond Roberts; Skinner, Halliwell Hobbes; Cynthia Bastion, Doris Llewllyn; Gloria Chalmers, Arietta Duncan; Alison Bastion, Gwenllian Gill; Wilcox, Forrester Harvey; Police Inspector, Montagu Love. "MYSTIC HOUR, THE"— Progressive.— From the story by Susan Emery. Directed by Melville Delay. The cast: Montagu Love, Lucille Powers, Charles Hutchison, Edyth Thornton, Eddie Phillips, James Aubrey and Charles Middleton. "ONE EXCITING ADVENTURE"— Universal.— Screen play by William Hurlbut. Directed by Ernst L. Frank. The cast: Rina Sorel, Binnie Barnes; Waller Slone, Neil Hamilton; Lavassor, Paul Cavanagh; Fussli, Grant Mitchell; Kleinsilber, Eugene Pallette; Milzi, Edna Searle; Lavassor's Chauffeur, Jason Robards; The Jeweler, Ferdinand Gottschalk; Oscar, Henry Kolker; Oscar's wife, Doris Lloyd; The Bellhop, Dick Winslow; Manager, Edward Keane; Clerk, G. P. Huntley, Jr.; Doorman, William Worthing ton. "OVER NIGHT"— Mundis Distributing Corp. — From the story by Arthur Wimperis and Dorothy Churchill. Directed by Rowland V. Lee. The cast: Warren, Robert Donat; Eve, Pearl Argyle; The Crook, Miles Mander. "PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, THE"— Paramount.— From the play by Lawrence Langner and Armina Marshall. Adapted by Stephen Morehouse Avery and Jack Cunningham. Directed by Alexander Hall. The cast: Max Chrisimann, Francis Lederer; Prudence Kirkland, Joan Bennett; Aaron Kirkland, Charlie Ruggles; Comfort Kirkland, Mary Boland; Colonel Sherwood, Minor Watson; Thad Jtnnings, Adrian Morris; Meg Mallory, Barbara Barondess; Lyman Banks, Walter Kingsford; Jonathan, Duke York; Rev. Miles, Burr Caruth; The Drunk, Jules Cowles; Bijah, Irving Bacon; Sam Evans, Spencer Charters; Tall Conspirator, John Marston; King George III. Henry Mowbray; Lord Pitt. Boyd Irwin; General Sir Henry Clinton, Holmes Herbert; Aide to Sir Henry Clinton, Colin Tapley; Colonel Hoffer, Bert Sprotte; Aide to Colonel Hoffer, Reginald Pasch; A Peddler, Edward Peil, Sr.; Recruiting Officer, Harry Schultz; Orderly, Paul Kruger; Uncle, Winter Hall; Corporal, Hans Von Moorhart; Little Boy, George Billings; Little Boy's Mother, Ricca Allen. " READY FOR LOVE"— Paramount.— From the story by Roy Flannagan. Screen play by J. P. McEvoy and William Slavens McNutt. Directed by Marion Gering. The cast: Marigold Tate, Ida Lupino; Julian Barrow, Richard Arlen; Goldy Tale, Marjorie Rambeau; Joey Burke, Trent Durkin; Mrs. Burke, Beulah Bondi; Judge Pickett, Henry Travers; Aunt Ida, Esther Howard; Mr. Chester Burke, Ralph Remley; Sam Gardner, Charles E. Arnt; Caleb Hooker, Charles Sellon; Milkman, Irving Bacon; Stage Doorman, Burr Caruth; Mrs. Thompson, Louise Carter; Mrs. Black, Eleanor Wesselhoeft. "REDHEAD" — Monogram. — From the novel by Vera Brown. Adapted by Betty Burbridge. Directed by Melville Brown. The cast: Ted Brown, Bruce Cabot; Dale Carter, Grace Bradley; Scoop, Regis Toomey; Mr. Brcnvn, Berton Churchill; Pasquale, George Humbert; Mrs. Pasquale, Rita Campagna; Pretty Boy, Leroy Mason; Donlertini, Monte Carter; Collins, Jack Mack; Joe, Ed Brady; Landlady, Bess Stafford; Rogers, Addison Page. "6 DAY BIKE RIDER" — First National.— From the story by Earl Baldwin. Directed by Lloyd Bacon. The cast: Wilfred Simpson, Joe E. Brown; Phyllis Jenkins, Maxine Doyle; Clinton Hemmings, Frank McHugh; Harry St. Clair, Gordon Westcott; Col. Jenkins, Arthur Aylesworth; Pop O'Hara, Wm. Granger; Mrs. Jenkins, Lottie Williams; Uncle Ezra, Lloyd Neal; St. Clair's wife, Dorothy Christy; Town marshal, Ralph Remlay. "STUDENT TOUR"— M-G-M— From the story by George Seaton, Arthur Bloch and Samuel Marx. Screen play by Ralph Spence and Philip Dunne. Directed by Charles F. Reisner. The cast: Hank, Jimmy Durante; Lippincott, Charles Butterworth; Ann, Maxine Doyle; Bobby, Phil Regan; Lilith, Florine McKinney; Mushy, Douglas Fowley; Jeff, Monte Blue; Cayenne, Betty Grable; Mary Lou, Fay McKenzie; Jakie, Bobby Gordon; Dolores, Mary Loos; Peggy, Pauline Brooks; Hercules, Herman Brix; Nelson Eddy, by himself; Dance Team, Florence and Alvarez. "SUCCESSFUL FAILURE, A"— Monogram — From the novel by Michael Kane. Adapted by Marian Orth. Directed by Arthur Lubin. The cast: Ellery Cushing, William Collier, Sr.; Mrs. Cushing, Lucille Gleason; Phil, Russell Hopton; Ruth, Gloria Shea; Bob, William Janney; Geary, Jameson Thomas; Tommy, George Breakston; Blair, Richard Tucker; Flinlly, Clarence Wilson; Radical Speaker, Francis McDonald. "365 NIGHTS IN HOLLYWOOD"— Fox.— Based on the book by James Starr. Screen play by William Conselman and Henry Johnson. Directed by George Marshall. The cast: Jimmie Dale, James Dunn; Alice Perkins, Alice Faye; Percy, Frank Mitchell; Clarence, Jack Durant; Adrian Almont. John Bradford; J. Walter Delmar, Grant Mitchell; Frank Young, Frank Melton; Professor Ellenbogen, John Qualen. "TOMORROWS YOUTH"— Monogram.— From the story by Harry Sauber. Screen play by Earl Snell. Directed by Charles LaMont. The cast: Tom Hall, John Miljan; Mrs. Hall, Martha Sleeper; Jane Holsworth, Gloria Shea; Junior Hall, Dickie Moore; Tutor, Franklin Pangborn; Mary, Jane Darwell; Miss Booth, Barbara Bedford; Principal, Harry C. 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